Why the fence here on the northeast side of the lake? Open it up again, please, especially a trail beneath the tall trees just below the golf course: 14

Marine Cemetery Vista Overlook: 15 thru 18

In another part of the park: my idea of a heavenly hike. A trail so overgrown from last time visited that the grasses were waist-high or taller and I had to make my own trail by moving along it. Like recently at a favorite Lands End berryspot.

A trail lined with sweet, ripe blackberries between a busy highway and a neighborhood street — with nobody there but me.

Entering Glen Canyon from its south edge, off Bosworth’s west dead-end in the Glen Park neighborhood: 1 thru 5

Meandering along to the north to check for blackberries … damselflies, spiderwebs and butterflies.

Up the northernmost trail to Portola Dr. (56 steps) to see how it’s looking these days — and back down. Love overgrown, wildflowery trails! Part of the basketball court’s chainlink fence at the foot of this trail has been removed: 6 thru 21

61 steps curving up the east side: 22, 23, 24

79 more steps to the trail just below Christopher Park in the Diamond Heights neighborhood: 25, 26

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5 Diamond Heights longlegged homes above

6 Across Islais Creek for the northernmost trail

7 Part of the basketball court's fence has been removed

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10 56 steps

11 Diamond Heights in distance

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16 Wild mustard

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18 There is a park trailmap at Portola Dr. (left)

19 Starting back down

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24 61 steps (center)

25 O'Shaughnessy Blvd and Mount Davidson across

26 79 steps up to a trail just below Christopher Park in Diamond Heights

A favorite high-up stairway (66 steps) descends from Clarendon but doesn’t go all the way down to Belgrave. The homes have a Stanyan address.

Hadn’t visited for several years; the gate at the top was half open, so down I went.

The old main stairway has some rickety wood handrails and some that had been reinforced. There are homes on either side along its length. What I wouldn’t give to live here …

This is a public “street.” A big green sign at the top reads “STANYAN 1300” with an arrow. Otherwise if not already familiar with the area, you’d assume the gate just led to a private home.

It’s an up-and-back like Russian Hill’s Fallon Place. There’s a big wood slab at the foot.

Clarendon connects Twin Peaks with Mount Sutro. It starts at Tank Hill Park on the east side, where it connects with Twin Peaks Blvd. It continues west for Mount Sutro Forest and the Forest Knolls neighborhood.

The Midtown Terrace neighborhood and Sutro Tower to the left beckon to the hiker. A beautiful area but Clarendon needs crosswalks and/or skyways here.

There’s one skyway further along at the foot of Ashwood Lane in the Forest Knolls neighborhood (over to Midtown Terrace), but one would be appreciated at the crossover from La Avanzada to Johnstone/Mount Sutro’s trails.

There is supposed to be a new trail now completed in this area but I’ve yet to see it. Where are the trailheads?

Checking for blackberries at the foot of Tank Hill. Crosswalks are also needed for crossing Twin Peaks Blvd. over to Tank Hill Park. Difficult to dash over from Graystone: 2, 3

A house on Clarendon I’d like to have: 4, 5

The “hidden” Stanyan stairs up and back: 6 thru 12

Continuing up into Mount Sutro Forest, passing the top of the unmarked Belgrave trail (my own name for it). This one starts at the west dead-end of Belgrave. It’s steep, beautifully wild, and you may notice a homeless encampment or two: 13, 14

This time stayed on the road for the Fairy Gates Trail: 15, 16, 17

Back out again to do the lower Historic Trail in its entirety - out to Stanyan: 18 thru 23

1 Pemberton's last block up to Crown

2 Looking north from the foot of Tank Hill

3 South steps off Twin Peaks Blvd/Clarendon to Tank Hill Park

4 Mount Sutro Forest in distance

5 Clarendon Ave.

6 "Hidden" Stanyan stairway down from Clarendon

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9 Does not run thru to Belgrave

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11 Back up to Clarendon

12 Top at Clarendon

13 Belgrave trail below

14 Top of Belgrave trail at Johnstone

15 Fairy Gates Trail

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23 East tailhead for lower Historic Trail is just past 17th St. on Stanyan